Travel to Italy: Classical Rome 2: the Palatine: Photo 25 The Pantheon, roughly midway between the Roman Forum and Hadrian's Tomb, was begun in 27 B.C. by Marcus Agrippa, the son-in-law of Augustus, whose victory at Actium it was intended to celebrate. A lightning strike destroyed the temple, which was replaced by order of Hadrian, who also guided its design. The Pantheon was made into a church in 609 and lost its bronze-gilt roof tiles shortly thereafter. They were sent to Constantinople and replaced by lead. View: tiny * small * medium * big * biggest Photo Size Back to Italy: Classical Rome 2: the Palatine chapter Short link for this page: http://www.greatmirror.com?justpic=2684

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